Tag: Last Post
Final Notes — ‘Taps,’ ‘The Last Post’ and Other Military Funeral Tunes
Published Date: 11 July, 2012
“Both the Last Post and Taps share a common lineage. Each are derivatives of a Dutch tune from the 1600s called the Taptoe.” TAPS, THE SONG THAT’S BEEN PLAYED AT American military funerals for more than…